Clothes drier



May 23, 1950 Filed March 19, 1948 L. 1'. DERR CLOTHES DRIER 2Sheets-sheaf l INVENTOR.

Patented May 23, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,508,938 i r CLOTHESmm Lyman '1. Ben, Los Angeles, Calif. Application March 19, 1948, SerialNo. 15,910

Claims. "(01. 211-100 over nearly the entire surface of this body por-Other objects of my invention may appear in v the followingspecification describing my. invention with reference to theaccompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment of myinvention. It is, however, to be understood that. my invention is not tobe limited or restricted.

to the exact construction and combination of parts described in thespecification and shown in the drawing, but that such changes andmodifications may be made which fall within the scope of the claimsappended hereto.

In order that my invention may be understood better, I now proceed todescribe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawing, in theseveral figures of which similar parts are indicated by similarreference characters and in which Figure 1 is an elevational front viewof the Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on line 4-4 inFigure 1;

Figure 5 is an elevational rear view of the mechanism supporting thedryer arms, parts being broken away to show the construction;

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on line 6-6 in Figure5; and

Figure 7 is an elevational front detail view of the wall bracket of theclothes dryer according to my invention.

The clothes dryer forming the subject matter of my invention comprises awall bracket B preferably made as a stamping from sheet metal and havinga circumferential flat rim Ill provided with a plurality of holes II anda forwardly projecting convex body l2. The rim is adapted to abut flatlyonto a wall l3 orthe like and to be fastened onto said wall by means ofscrews I4 or the like extending through the holes H. The circumferentialoutline of the wall bracket B is preferably ovate and the curvature ofthe convex body I2 is substantially similar to one half of an egg. Inthe largest portion of the 2 ;.23 in the bar webs 22.

()ne of the dryer bars 2| is secured rigidly between the upper and lowerplates by means of body l2, a horizontal slot is provided extending Ition, and arectangular cut-out I6 extends downwardly from the centralportion of the'slot IS. The portion of the metal forming the lower edgeof the cut-out is bent upwardly to form a' flat lip Ilia. ,Two coaxialholes ll are provided zontal slot l5.

An inner bracket P comprises a substantially semi-circular upper platel8, a substantially semi-circular lower plate l9, and a web con- Aplunecting the upper and the lower plates. rality of dryer bars 2| arearranged between the upper and lower plates as follows. All of the dryerbars are preferably made from sheet steel and are formed to have aU-shaped cross section. The web 22 of each bar is rounded and two holes23 are provided in each web adjacent one of its ends. On the radii ofthe upper and the lower plate extending at right angles to the web 20,two holes 24 are provided adjacent the forward edges of said plates atthe same distance from each other as the distance between the holesrivets 25 or the like extending through the holes 23 and 24. Rearwardlyand laterally toward both sides from the rearward holes 24 in the upperand lower plates l8 and I9, a plurality of rivets 26 extend through saidplates and each of bars are pivotally supported between the bracketplates. All dryer bars are arranged so that their webs 22 are locatedadjacent the upper plate ISL A downwardly extending lug L is formed onthe lower plate adjacent each end of the bracket web 20 andconsists of asubstantially rectangular rear portion 21 and a front portion 28 havinga rounded edge extending downwardly beyond the rear lug portion 21. Thefront lug portion is off-set inwardly relative to the rear lug portionas shown at 29 and extends at a substantially right angle downwardlyfrom the lower bracket plate, while the rear lug portion extends at anobtuse angle outwardly and downwardly from said plate. A hole 30 isarranged in each front lug portion concentrically with the rounded edgeof said lug portion. A shaft 3| extends through the holes I! in thebracket body l2 and the holes 30 in the front lug portions 28 wherebythe inner bracket P is pivotally supported in the wall bracket B, sothat the dryer bars 2| may extend downwardly through the rectangularopening IS in the wall bracket body I2 and rest against the lip lfiawhen the inner bracket P is in depending position. A helical spring 32surrounds each portion of the shaft 3| located between the wall 5 wheneir eres ra s a ye ew ql e 9;:

idle position, as described above. When the dryer bars are to be used tosupport clothes to be dried they are lifted up by pivoting the innerbracket P upwardly and the pivotally supported driei fiai'si are swunglaterally to enter into the trag s ver sg I slot [5 in the wall bracketB, whereby the dryer tending working position. The upper V of the innerbracket P is,provided on itsi'ounded 4 as a result of contact of theinner portion of one bar 2| with the inner portion of the adjacent barand which inner portions are inwardly of the pivot rivets 26.

I claim:

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